Comments on: Recently Watched

By: Cameron

Cameron — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:45:04 +0000

As shallow as this sounds, I can’t get past Rosario Dawson’s mustache. There’s something about her that irks. I adore Chloe and she can do no wrong in my eyes - I can find redeeming qualities in her performance in Brown Bunny….Grizzly Man is hysteterical and so sad at the same time.

By: the almost right word

the almost right word — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:15:38 +0000

Narm, I completely agree with you — the Treadwell story is an interesting one, but clearly questionable. He had convinced himself he was their “protector.” It seems to be a bit of a contradiction. Herzog’s documentary is worthwhile. He presents more than one view of Treadwell’s character — the interviews with locals who supported him, juxtaposed with interviews of those who didn’t understand him at all. Either way, our sympathy is not necessarily what Treadwell deserves. Respect? Well, that’s another story.

By: Narm

Narm — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:10:22 +0000

Grizzly Man was an extremely interesting piece - though I didn’t feel sympathy towards Timothy Treadwell - he had good intentions but was completely overboard and had a false sense of reality in dealing with the bears. If he truly wanted to document and protect the bears - interacting with them and making them accustomed to human interaction is NOT going to beneficial in any way.

By: unreliable narrator

unreliable narrator — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:50:47 +0000

Oh, and I do love me some Herzog!

http://www.sfreporter.com/cms/story/detail/ursa_major/2981/

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:10:25 +0000

I watched Kids in high school and it scared the ever loving shit out of me. It was probably pivotal in encouraging me how important safe sex is.

By: Nilsa

Nilsa — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:37:48 +0000

Thanks for the Netflix recs … as if I don’t have a long enough queue already! hahah.

By: e.

e. — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:00:08 +0000

I still think about Kids every once in a while. It’s a good movie but one that haunts me as well.

By: Angela

Angela — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:10:39 +0000

Aww, look at that little fox in the photo! I love foxes. My dog Opie kind of reminds me of one.

By: mls

mls — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:09:22 +0000

ha. Kids. wow. I remember watching that in 7th grade, in the back of my middle school’s library. there was a group of 6 of us, and we were both horrified and fascinated by the movie, especially the opening scene where Telly convinces the girl to lose her virginity to him. the librarian kept coming back to see what all the noise was about (we were only supposed to watch educational movies at the library!)…we somehow got away with it.

By: kalafudra

kalafudra — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:30:15 +0000

Kids really is a great movie. I remember that it shocked the hell out of me, when I saw it first (I must have been around 12-14 years old or so).

Grizzly Man sounds good. Will see, if I can find that.